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speaking at the university of north carolina, mr. obama urged congress to keep the interest rate on federally guaranteed student loans at 3.4%, the rate is set to double in july. >> there's one specific thing that congress needs to do right now to prevent the interest rates on student loans, federal student loans, from shooting up and shaking you down. >> graduates are leaving college these days with an average of $25,000 in student debt, and for some, the burden has become a life-changing lesson. elaine kejano has the story. >> ray-ann roka graduated from ohio northern university five years ago with $70,000 in student loans. add in interest and her balance is now $106,000. >> when you think about that figure, $106,000, what does that mean to you? >> most people who owe $106,000 in debt have a house or a couple of cars or a few houses, and i don't have that. i have the basic necessities that i need to survive. >> reporter: at 28, roka works in public relations in washington, d.c. 25% of her monthly income goes toward her loan debt. t
speaking at the university of north carolina, mr. obama urged congress to keep the interest rate on federally guaranteed student loans at 3.4%, the rate is set to double in july. >> there's one specific thing that congress needs to do right now to prevent the interest rates on student loans, federal student loans, from shooting up and shaking you down. >> graduates are leaving college these days with an average of $25,000 in student debt, and for some, the burden has become a...
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obama doesn't care-- >> now what? be careful what you wish for, because this congress is working a lot more 'cause you know what they're going to be doing? they will be spending money and still not addressing the fiscal cliff that is approaching. because-- go ahead. >> i would say that it sounds like they're trying to jaw boning, qe3 before the election, that would be an amazing development. >> neil: another round of easing. >> and how much more ease can they have? >> that's what i'm wondering, adam. if ben bernanke has done all he can do, whether you agree or disagree with what he's been doing, at least's been doing something. i don't know what more he can do. take him out of the equation and talk about the senate and the house for that matter, what they're not doing. i do see an end of the year not so fun event. >> i don't disagree, we have a lot of pros and cons to our representative system of democracy, this is one of the cons, neil. nothing is going to get done until after we figure out who the next president is.
obama doesn't care-- >> now what? be careful what you wish for, because this congress is working a lot more 'cause you know what they're going to be doing? they will be spending money and still not addressing the fiscal cliff that is approaching. because-- go ahead. >> i would say that it sounds like they're trying to jaw boning, qe3 before the election, that would be an amazing development. >> neil: another round of easing. >> and how much more ease can they have?...
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and i think in the obama's speech last night, mr. obama's speech last night was basically quite a conservative speech, but if you strip it down to its essentials, says we're going to give you people who vote for us, lots and lots of perks, paid for by box on rich people and give you something for nothing and something for nothing is going to be paid for by rich people. i think it's a bad idea as charles payne so aptally said, it saps and destroys personal initiative. >> by the way, ben, i love you dearly, but that was a conservative speech, i'm jack lalanne. >> think about the audience talking to and-- >> in that audience you say just not ripping up the flag would make a conservative, but that's okay. (laughter) >> sandra, the picking apart all we can do here. and the size of government we want, either it's virtues or vices and people have to decide. the business world i cover closely in chicago and the markets, they just want green. ne just want to see who will make them rich. where do they stand in this whole thing. >> yeah, and it
and i think in the obama's speech last night, mr. obama's speech last night was basically quite a conservative speech, but if you strip it down to its essentials, says we're going to give you people who vote for us, lots and lots of perks, paid for by box on rich people and give you something for nothing and something for nothing is going to be paid for by rich people. i think it's a bad idea as charles payne so aptally said, it saps and destroys personal initiative. >> by the way, ben, i...
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we cut them a tiny bit for the first obama administration. we need more revenue. as mr. obama said, he said it's not calculus. it's remit me particular. we can't get it just by cuts. we need to raise taxes. what do you care if they raise taxes on some rich person? >> because i'm not a class warfarist. i want to be rich. >> you are already rich. >> greg: i'm rich in my soul. >> no, you are rich all together. what does it matter if a person is making five, ten, 20, 30 million a year, pays another few hundred thousand in taxes? what does it matter to him? >> greg: do you actual lea think i'm in that pay range? my statist are at fox news. i live in a basement. i want to tell you, though, whenever you raise taxes, it never goes against anything. it just goes for more spending. >> that's not so. when president reagan -- look, everyone says oh, reagan cut taxes and revenue went up. he cut taxes in his first year. every year after that he raised taxes and in some years after that he raised them quite dramatically. so let's go back to the gipper and say, he realized the tax was a
we cut them a tiny bit for the first obama administration. we need more revenue. as mr. obama said, he said it's not calculus. it's remit me particular. we can't get it just by cuts. we need to raise taxes. what do you care if they raise taxes on some rich person? >> because i'm not a class warfarist. i want to be rich. >> you are already rich. >> greg: i'm rich in my soul. >> no, you are rich all together. what does it matter if a person is making five, ten, 20, 30...
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in iowa, the "des moines register" shows mr. obama up mr. oboints. and the colorado poll has him ahead by two points. our campaign 2012 team is covering. first we're going to go to nancy wedes with the president tonight. nancy? >> pelley: scott, after 100 rallies, the president holds his final one here in des moines tonight for two reasons: first, mostuse iowa is one of the battleground states the campaign inls most confident about sinning and second because, in many ways, this is the state that first catapulted him towards the president that upset win in the iowa caucuses five years ago. >> hello, colorado! hello, wisconsin! hello, ohio! >> pelley: president obama has sient the past 48 hours in seven maates, three time zones. >> are you fired up? areeporter: surrendering sleep and his voice in pursuit of a second time. >> this is not just a choice between two candidates and two parties, it's a choice between wo different visions of aerica. ffes a choice between the return to the top-down economic it olicies that crashed our economy or a vision that
in iowa, the "des moines register" shows mr. obama up mr. oboints. and the colorado poll has him ahead by two points. our campaign 2012 team is covering. first we're going to go to nancy wedes with the president tonight. nancy? >> pelley: scott, after 100 rallies, the president holds his final one here in des moines tonight for two reasons: first, mostuse iowa is one of the battleground states the campaign inls most confident about sinning and second because, in many ways, this...
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mr. obama has not debated in four years and mr. romney had a lot of practice. >> the african-american vote and the hispanic vote are very important, but the folks that aren't working in greater proportion than everybody else and i'll tell you that, that spells to me lack of-- >> no, it will be the vote, it will be the turnout. >> the turnout is not the same. you drive around new york city, i can't believe how few obama bumper stickers, when i sits in traffic. four years ago, there were a lot of them and-- >> very good point. >> republicans according to the polls, the wall street journal, the republican base seems more excited this cycle than the democrats are. >> no, i think, i think enthusiasm is actually favors the democrats right now. and on the minority vote, remember the minority vote is-- >> julian, what are you looking the at? i'm not saying the republicans aren't inthewesed with mitt romney, they hate your guy a lot more.rats are much, much more-- are much shall much more favorable to obama than republicans to obama. >> whe
mr. obama has not debated in four years and mr. romney had a lot of practice. >> the african-american vote and the hispanic vote are very important, but the folks that aren't working in greater proportion than everybody else and i'll tell you that, that spells to me lack of-- >> no, it will be the vote, it will be the turnout. >> the turnout is not the same. you drive around new york city, i can't believe how few obama bumper stickers, when i sits in traffic. four years ago,...
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all the is saying is mr. obama said he had unplanned and he did not. mr. obama said he was going -- said he had a plan, and he did not. does mr. romney have a better plan? if he does, we have not seen heit. >> they have said governor romney will have his own economic plan. when might they put that out? >> they better put it out soon. i think mr. romney is a hard- working guy, a solid citizen, but he has thought into what i think is a bit of nonsense about supply side economics. he has bought into the idea that by cutting taxes used for the economy. that would be wonderful if true, but there is no doubt it is trooprue. what seems to happen is you might have some sort of the economy, but the deficit keeps getting bigger. we have an economic plan that was suggested by rahm eighth and not yet put in concrete that is based on a premise that is unproven. it is a delightful premise. supply side is delightful. it would be a wonderful thing if it is true, but there is no doubt it is true. >> where is the plan? didn't we try supply side in the reagan years? >> suppl
all the is saying is mr. obama said he had unplanned and he did not. mr. obama said he was going -- said he had a plan, and he did not. does mr. romney have a better plan? if he does, we have not seen heit. >> they have said governor romney will have his own economic plan. when might they put that out? >> they better put it out soon. i think mr. romney is a hard- working guy, a solid citizen, but he has thought into what i think is a bit of nonsense about supply side economics. he...
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primary today, many of them independents, were overwhelmingly unhappy with mr. obama. 81% said they were either dissatisfied or angry with the obama administration. and some of those primary voters were also not happy with the republican field. 67% said they were satisfied with the candidates in the race, but nearly a third of the voters said they wished they had another choice on the republican ballot. scott? >> pelley: thank you, anthony. bob schieffer, as always, is joining us now, our chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation." bob, it's going to be a surprise if romney doesn't win here. what do you see? >> well, i think that's right. i think he has to win by a substantial margin. he's not going to win like 50% like newt gingrich is saying he has to. he hasn't shown up that high in any poll i've ever heard of. but on the other hand, you heard jan talking about how the romney people are playing down ex expectations. the fact is, behind the scenes they're trying for a knockout. they bought a half million dollars worth of ads to play over th
primary today, many of them independents, were overwhelmingly unhappy with mr. obama. 81% said they were either dissatisfied or angry with the obama administration. and some of those primary voters were also not happy with the republican field. 67% said they were satisfied with the candidates in the race, but nearly a third of the voters said they wished they had another choice on the republican ballot. scott? >> pelley: thank you, anthony. bob schieffer, as always, is joining us now, our...
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obama was on tv, he didn't know how much the debt was. he did not know what the national debt was. that is incredible. what else does he have to think about? >> i think he knew very well, i think he knew very well. >> wouldn't say it. >> he definitely knew. >> and charlie, what do you make of this? i understand where ben is coming from, and maybe just, we can't get money out of this group, but you can't tell me 47% of us are in the position where we can't. so that puts the onus on the upper income, that puts it on the other half. >> and define what you mean by upper income. it's clearly not the warren buffetts of the the world. >> it's you, it's you. >> it's families that live in california, that live in new york that make combined income, combined of $200,000 a year, who has maybe five kids, and need to put them through school, who are considered by this president and by people who want to raise taxes as greedy millionaires and billionaires. and that is the sort of hipocracy of the whole notion, the tax debate that we're having now. when you talk about tax, income taxes, you're no
obama was on tv, he didn't know how much the debt was. he did not know what the national debt was. that is incredible. what else does he have to think about? >> i think he knew very well, i think he knew very well. >> wouldn't say it. >> he definitely knew. >> and charlie, what do you make of this? i understand where ben is coming from, and maybe just, we can't get money out of this group, but you can't tell me 47% of us are in the position where we can't. so that puts...
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today, mr. obama said she feels the same way as he does. they believe in the golden rule-- treat others the way you want to be treated. >> pelley: norah, thank you very much. mitt romney was campaigning in oklahoma city today when the president spoke. governor romney had this to say. >> my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman, and that's my own preference. i know other people have differing views. this is a very tender and sensitive topic, as are many social issues, but i-- i have the same view that i've had since-- well, since running for office. >> pelley: though the president weighed in today, this really hasn't been a federal issue. states are passing their own laws. these are the 41 states that have made same-sex marriage illegal. six states and the strict of columbia have passed laws to make it legal. that leaves three states where the issue is in limbo. california passed a law legalizing gay and lesbian marriage, but it's being held up in court right now. we noticed that all of the critical swing s
today, mr. obama said she feels the same way as he does. they believe in the golden rule-- treat others the way you want to be treated. >> pelley: norah, thank you very much. mitt romney was campaigning in oklahoma city today when the president spoke. governor romney had this to say. >> my view is that marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman, and that's my own preference. i know other people have differing views. this is a very tender and sensitive topic, as are...
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obama's entire presidency. >> my friends, the truth is 8% unemployment unemployment is not the best america can do. it's just the best this administration can do. >> reporter: the key, experts say, scott, is not just the state of the economy but how americans perceive it. and although there's been some improvement in consumer confidence, it's still far from where the president needs it to be. >> pelley: norah, thank you. in the race for the republican presidential nomination, kansas holds a caucus this weekend. hawaii, alabama, and mississippi vote on tuesday. the latest poll in mississippi shows a lead for newt gingrich over mitt romney and rick santorum. with all three still in the race it is possible that the republicans won't know who their nominee is before their national convention. nancy cordes has been looking into this. >> morning, y'all. (applause) >> reporter: mitt romney poured on newfound southern charm today in jackson, mississippi. >> i got started right with a biscuit and cheesy gritz. >> reporter: a strong showing here would widen romney's lead in the race to rack up delega
obama's entire presidency. >> my friends, the truth is 8% unemployment unemployment is not the best america can do. it's just the best this administration can do. >> reporter: the key, experts say, scott, is not just the state of the economy but how americans perceive it. and although there's been some improvement in consumer confidence, it's still far from where the president needs it to be. >> pelley: norah, thank you. in the race for the republican presidential nomination,...
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i had my mother telling me what to to eat when i'm a child, i'm done with that, i don't want mr. obama to be my mother. >> and i listen to my mommy and calls me and tells me to eat more veggies i will, but i draw the line there. julian, i think it's part of that social utopia coming out of washington these days, not only ultimately expensive, but takes away from personal liberties. it's one thing to try to pick winners and losers in the economy, but to decide on personal behavior just seems wrong in america. >> well, we incentivize behavior we think is good and disinvent advise. >> who is we? >> who is we? >> the government, the government constantly. so, the point here is i think price waterhouse cooper did a study before the health care law and found the single highest health care expenditures preventible disease, everything from diabetes, heart disease, all kinds of disease that were largely preventible. so the idea that we're going to incentivize good behaving, better diet and nutrition, seems to be something that's smart and end up saving people in the premiums and saving ta
i had my mother telling me what to to eat when i'm a child, i'm done with that, i don't want mr. obama to be my mother. >> and i listen to my mommy and calls me and tells me to eat more veggies i will, but i draw the line there. julian, i think it's part of that social utopia coming out of washington these days, not only ultimately expensive, but takes away from personal liberties. it's one thing to try to pick winners and losers in the economy, but to decide on personal behavior just...
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obama, a blank check. they didn't fill in the blanks. they didn't cross the t's, didn't dot the i's, they said trust us and said, try it, you'll like it, and tastes just like chicken. it doesn't taste like chicken. it tastes like something else from chicken and it's a big, big, big problem and fill in more of the blanks and they've started to fill in the the blanks when they've filled in the blanks, you'll see we have fully socialized medicine and taking money from everybody's pockets to pay for it. this is not to say that the portion not on health insurance, but to make this goldberg, incredibly complicated contraption do it, and for congress not to give a fully detailed bill to the president, that was a huge mistake. >> and the catholics responded to that and we don't like that-- >> right. >> all right, so, what do you make of this? >> what do i make of it? you know, if you look at, it's eerily similar, and i studied dodd frank more, to dodd frank. the reform bill. when you unpock dodd frank it's a goldberg contraption of rules and reg
obama, a blank check. they didn't fill in the blanks. they didn't cross the t's, didn't dot the i's, they said trust us and said, try it, you'll like it, and tastes just like chicken. it doesn't taste like chicken. it tastes like something else from chicken and it's a big, big, big problem and fill in more of the blanks and they've started to fill in the the blanks when they've filled in the blanks, you'll see we have fully socialized medicine and taking money from everybody's pockets to pay...
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. >> president clinton says mr. obama needs to strike a good tone. >> it would be who both candidates to close on a positive note, making a case for themselves, a case against the other guy. >> tomorrow, the president had to ohio and will be spending the entire day. he has three different campaign stops, underscoring the importance of the buckeye state. let's get a look at mitt romney's final push. >> we saw mitt romney soften his tone during sandy but that has all changed. it is now back to business and game on. >> if i am elected -- a slip of the time in virginia, but he quickly went back into his stump speech and a new line of attack against the president. >> we don't need a secretary of business to understand business, we need a president who understands business and i do. >> he may appoint a secretary of business. his solution to everything is add another bureaucrat. >> >> there is no question he can win. >> a republican strategist says the best way to close the deal is focus on the fundamentals. >> he has got
. >> president clinton says mr. obama needs to strike a good tone. >> it would be who both candidates to close on a positive note, making a case for themselves, a case against the other guy. >> tomorrow, the president had to ohio and will be spending the entire day. he has three different campaign stops, underscoring the importance of the buckeye state. let's get a look at mitt romney's final push. >> we saw mitt romney soften his tone during sandy but that has all...
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completely impossible to say what, that an issue like fiscal policy won the electio for mr. obama. that's just the most amazing nonsense i've ever heardn my life. but, also, the whole point of the fiscal cliff is it to reduce the deficit. now, you're going to say, we're going to add a deficit? in that case, let's leave taxes low, let's keep spending high, i mean, the whole idea is we've got to stop this out of control deficit, this out of control debt. what senator schumer is proposing is exactly the wrong idea. >> and now entitlements leave them alone and dagen, go on and on and on. >> the argument we need to stimulate growth. you'll hurt growth if you raise taxes and it gets back to what we've seen all along, we will raise your taxes 'cause we, the government, and the lawmakers, can spend your money better than you can spend it yourself, because they know better. it doesn't make any sense. it's upside down, backwards, like spinning around and around logic and that's the way they think. >> i don't see much progress here then. and i see, chaie gasperino, when all is said and done,
completely impossible to say what, that an issue like fiscal policy won the electio for mr. obama. that's just the most amazing nonsense i've ever heardn my life. but, also, the whole point of the fiscal cliff is it to reduce the deficit. now, you're going to say, we're going to add a deficit? in that case, let's leave taxes low, let's keep spending high, i mean, the whole idea is we've got to stop this out of control deficit, this out of control debt. what senator schumer is proposing is...
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mr. obama will go to the states and shore up. last night in daytona beach, mitt romney and paul ryan held a joint rally. it happens to come in the middle of the biketoberfest bike week, twice a year in florida. half a million bikers and mr. ryan gave a nod to harley fans, trying to put together what will be his choosing argument for the two weeks remaining after the monday debate. watch. >> i just came in town and saw a lot of milwaukee main harleys running around town. we know thousand build things in america. >> the obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign. this is -- this is a big country with big opportunities and great challenges and they keep talking about smaller and smaller things. we have big ideas. bold ideas, a strong agenda. we're going to get america working again. >> that's mitt romney's indirect reference for the president hounding him about big bird and binders with women in them, reference to portfolio of resumes. international chaos with the likes of libya and egypt and muslim brotherhood an w
mr. obama will go to the states and shore up. last night in daytona beach, mitt romney and paul ryan held a joint rally. it happens to come in the middle of the biketoberfest bike week, twice a year in florida. half a million bikers and mr. ryan gave a nod to harley fans, trying to put together what will be his choosing argument for the two weeks remaining after the monday debate. watch. >> i just came in town and saw a lot of milwaukee main harleys running around town. we know thousand...
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. >> reporter: mr. obama acknowledged the skepticism. >> we've been there for ten years. people get weary. >> reporter: the president also repeated tough talk regarding the standoff over iran's nuclear program. >> the window for solving this issue diplomatically is shrinking. >> reporter: prime minister cameron warns syrian president assad to cease the bloody crackdown on his own people and step down. >> the people leading syria committing these crimes need to know that. >> reporter: a united front between old allies facing pressing challenges. kristen welker, nbc news, the white house. >>> this is andrea mitchell in washington. they are both young, smart, devoted family men with the world on their shoulders, looking like two friends trying to blow off steam, but this duo travels better than most. marine 1 to air force one then a motorcade to an ncaa basketball game. if it was david cameron's first basketball, you couldn't tell. >> getting some tips. he'll help me fill out my bracket. >> he's going to teach me cricket. >> reporter: at downing street, the prime minister sa
. >> reporter: mr. obama acknowledged the skepticism. >> we've been there for ten years. people get weary. >> reporter: the president also repeated tough talk regarding the standoff over iran's nuclear program. >> the window for solving this issue diplomatically is shrinking. >> reporter: prime minister cameron warns syrian president assad to cease the bloody crackdown on his own people and step down. >> the people leading syria committing these crimes need...
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. >> two years and counting since mr. obama signed his health care mandate with cheers from the mainstream media. >> now, that mandate is headed to the supreme court to decide its constitutionality, will the same media abide by the ruling or play politics with the decision? >> and if they're interested. >> i'm not looking for someone who is an etch-a-sketch candidate. >> a romney insider creates controversy when he compared his candidate's change in focus, to shaking an etch-a-sketch and starting overment how do you think that the media reacted to that. plus, he's been calling talented, been called controversial. now, he'll be called-- >> a new york jet. and how will the notorious new york press handle tim tebow? on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller, syndicated columnist cal thomas, jim pinkerton contributing editor the american conservative magazine and bureau chief of talk radio news service, ellen radner. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >>. >> stand up for justice, and sta
. >> two years and counting since mr. obama signed his health care mandate with cheers from the mainstream media. >> now, that mandate is headed to the supreme court to decide its constitutionality, will the same media abide by the ruling or play politics with the decision? >> and if they're interested. >> i'm not looking for someone who is an etch-a-sketch candidate. >> a romney insider creates controversy when he compared his candidate's change in focus, to...
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mitt romney, campaigning in wisconsin, trying to erode mr. obama's support in the midwest. he took the job's numbers as support for the central plank of his campaign, but the u.s. economy has failed to recover. >> he said he was going to focus on creating jobs. instead he focused on obamacare, which killed jobs. he said he was going to cut the federal deficit in half, and then he doubled it. he said he was going to lower the unemployment rate down to 5.2% right now. today we learned that it's actually 7.9%, and that's nine million jobs short of what he promised. >> mr. romney's campaign is snapping at the heels of the incumbent president. his campaign organizers say they can and will win, but they can win only if they take the vital swing states of florida, virginia and ohio. anything less than the prospects receive for them. >> this race is very, very close. it may confound pollsters and pundits alike. it's not clear how or if hurricane sandy will affect the results, but i think we can venture this far -- president obama appears to be holding on to a very narrow lead. adam
mitt romney, campaigning in wisconsin, trying to erode mr. obama's support in the midwest. he took the job's numbers as support for the central plank of his campaign, but the u.s. economy has failed to recover. >> he said he was going to focus on creating jobs. instead he focused on obamacare, which killed jobs. he said he was going to cut the federal deficit in half, and then he doubled it. he said he was going to lower the unemployment rate down to 5.2% right now. today we learned that...
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>> we might as well rue the day and it might be that mr. obama will withdraw the whole thing and institute a new policy but the idea of having a 2% tax on medical care is almost unbelievably preposterous, i can't think of a more regressive anti-health tax than to tax people who want to get in and get medical care. why would we do that? that's exact opposite of our goal which should be to get people getting medical care. >> targeting those that are better off, a surtax on those who have a plan or generous plan or medicare, and believe me, i'm not subscribing to it but the idea to go after those who have a little bit more than the rest. >> but why -- why suppress their health either? i mean, surely we do not want to say, yeah, we have a big controversy a moment ago about how much we should tax the rich. >> you said that we should. >> but i don't think we should -- anyone agrees that we should deprive the rich of their health or the middle class of their health. if a person has a health insurance policy. >> you said in the last segment they ca
>> we might as well rue the day and it might be that mr. obama will withdraw the whole thing and institute a new policy but the idea of having a 2% tax on medical care is almost unbelievably preposterous, i can't think of a more regressive anti-health tax than to tax people who want to get in and get medical care. why would we do that? that's exact opposite of our goal which should be to get people getting medical care. >> targeting those that are better off, a surtax on those who...
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mr. obama has said that most u.s. forces will be out of afghanistan by 2014 and he says this tragedy won't change that timetable. but the president added this in an interview with reporter john delano of pittsburgh's cbs station kdka. >> it's time. it's been a decade and frankly now that we've gotten bin laden, now that we've weakened al qaeda we're in a stronger position to transition than we would have been two or three years ago. >> pelley: as we said, the u.s. military acknowledges an american soldier committed this atrocity, but it hasn't charged him or released his name. he turned himself in at his post after the killings. here's david martin with what investigators know about him and the shootings so far. >> reporter: with blood still on the floor, a distraught afghan woman described in horrific detail what happened when a u.s. army sergeant went on a cold-blooded killing spree. "he dragged the boys by their hair and shot them in her mouth she says he went door to door in two villages, showing no mercy. "is thi
mr. obama has said that most u.s. forces will be out of afghanistan by 2014 and he says this tragedy won't change that timetable. but the president added this in an interview with reporter john delano of pittsburgh's cbs station kdka. >> it's time. it's been a decade and frankly now that we've gotten bin laden, now that we've weakened al qaeda we're in a stronger position to transition than we would have been two or three years ago. >> pelley: as we said, the u.s. military...
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mrs. petraeus to ensure that our families are safe from predatory lenders and from predatory practices. what i would like to you take away with are two things. one is that our military installations really mirror your communities. so your installation commander is basically a mayor of a town. and so whether it's churches, schools, recreation facilities, child development centers, youth centers, there is a really important connection between our community and your community, and our offices have a new initiative called community past building where we're working with the university of georgia and the university of north carolina, chapel hill to really empower our helping professionals with the skills to reach out to the communities helping professionals so that you are aware of the needs of military families, and we are aware of receipt sources you have, and you are aware of receipt sources that we can bear in this effort. it's going to take a village, if you will, to really support these f
mrs. petraeus to ensure that our families are safe from predatory lenders and from predatory practices. what i would like to you take away with are two things. one is that our military installations really mirror your communities. so your installation commander is basically a mayor of a town. and so whether it's churches, schools, recreation facilities, child development centers, youth centers, there is a really important connection between our community and your community, and our offices have...